Lewin Fitzhamon

Directing

Lewin Fitzhamon

Born — Died

1869-06-05 — 1961-10-10

Known for

Directing

Credits

48 titles

Lewin "Fitz" Fitzhamon (5 June 1869 – 10 October 1961) was a British filmmaker, who worked as Cecil Hepworth's principal director in the early decades of the twentieth century. His best-known film is Rescued by Rover (1905). Other directing credits include An Englishman Trip to Paris from London (1904), That Fatal Sneeze (1907), The Man and his Bottle (1908) and A New Hat for Nothing (1910). In total, he directed around 400 films.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

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The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight (First British one-reel feature).

Dick Turpin's Ride to York

1906

The Heart of a Fishergirl poster
9.0

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The Heart of a Fishergirl

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Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor poster
5.3

Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.

Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor

1910

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A short comedy about a dog and children chasing a farmer's chickens.

A Day in the Country

1912

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6.3

Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.

The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

1908

Rescued by Rover poster
6.1

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

Rescued by Rover

1905

Prehistoric Peeps poster
9.0

A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The chase continues onto the surface. The professor meets a group of prehistoric women, who flee when other monsters appear. The professor's wife finds him sleeping in the laboratory, surrounded by fossils, and wakes him with water from a siphon. Its generally believed to be the first film depiction of dinosaurs, here accomplished through the use of simple pantomime costumes. This short film was only viewable at the BFI until youtuber coldcrashpictures paid money to release it digitally on his channel.

Prehistoric Peeps

1905

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A short film in which every time a beggar sells his dog it returns to him.

The Dog Came Back

1909

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A captured detective is rescued by a dog.

The Detective in Peril

1910

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A horse fetches help when tramps attack its master.

Black Beauty

1906

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A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.

His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision

1900

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7.0

An Englishman travel's abroad

A Trip to Paris

1904

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5.0

A countryman buys a stubborn donkey and has trouble.

Tomkins Buys a Donkey

1908

The Jonah Man; or, The Traveller Bewitched poster
6.0

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

The Jonah Man; or, The Traveller Bewitched

1904

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Biopic about the composer.

Georges Bizet

1927

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Biopic about the composer.

Georges Bizet

1927

The Doll's Revenge poster
6.4

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

The Doll's Revenge

1907

Lost, Stolen or Strayed poster
6.5

A young woman is abducted and forced to beg from passers-by.

Lost, Stolen or Strayed

1905

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A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.

Invisibility

1909

When Tilly's Uncle Flirted poster
7.0

Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.

When Tilly's Uncle Flirted

1911

Tilly's Party poster
5.8

Two young men help two girls escape.

Tilly's Party

1911

Tilly's Party poster
5.8

Two young men help two girls escape.

Tilly's Party

1911

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7.0

A boy and his dog trail a gypsy who kidnapped his sister.

Children of the Forest

1912

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7.0

A boy and his dog trail a gypsy who kidnapped his sister.

Children of the Forest

1912

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A dog saves children from drowning and reconciles their parents.

Daddy's Darlings

1913

The Tunnel Workers poster
6.0

Two tunnel workers are fighting over the wife of one, who's also involved with the other. Suddenly an explosion occurs. Instead of fighting, they help each other escape.

The Tunnel Workers

1906

The Tunnel Workers poster
6.0

Two tunnel workers are fighting over the wife of one, who's also involved with the other. Suddenly an explosion occurs. Instead of fighting, they help each other escape.

The Tunnel Workers

1906

A Seaside Girl poster
5.0

Three suitors try to impress a girl by chasing her all over the place. Finally she makes her choice.

A Seaside Girl

1907

Tilly and the Fire Engines poster
4.6

Tomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.

Tilly and the Fire Engines

1911

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6.5

A drunkard has a vision of everything turning into bottles.

The Man and His Bottle

1908

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A father saves his kidnapped daughter from the indians.

The Squatter's Daughter

1906

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9.0

Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon.

A Fisherman's Love Story

1912

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7.0

A star player is kidnapped by the opposition. However, they are foiled by his girl-friend, just in time for him to get to the match and score the winning goal.

Harry the Footballer

1911

A Race for a Kiss poster
5.3

A woman agrees to kiss the winner of a race between a horse and a motorcar.

A Race for a Kiss

1904

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3.0

A banker's daughter rejects a rich client who then withdraws money to cause a run on the bank.

An Attempt to Smash a Bank

1909

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10.0

'Brighton. Dude searches for girl's lost shoes and stockings.' (British Film Catalogue)

A Seaside Introduction

1911

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9.0

Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.

Briton vs. Boer

1900

The Other Side of the Hedge poster
4.6

Two romantic suitors avoid their wet-blanket chaperone by way of the titular hedge.

The Other Side of the Hedge

1905

That Fatal Sneeze poster
5.7

As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town.

That Fatal Sneeze

1907

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Some gossiping women exaggerate the priest’s gift to a little girl.

What the Curate Really Did

1905